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Dame Harriet Walter

In a journey from Whitehall to Italy and Australia, Harriet Walter discovers a colourful cast of ancestors, taking her from the debtor’s court to the opera house via Italian nobility.

Harriet Walter delves into her family history, discovering ancestors who are just as colourful as some of fictional characters she has played on stage and screen. In a journey that takes her from Whitehall to Italy to Australia, she follows in the footsteps of her ancestors, including her flamboyant Italian great-great-grandfather Girolamo Carindini, an Italian aristocrat who fled into exile and settled in Tasmania. Here, he married Australia’s first opera diva. But drama and trouble followed Girolamo as he made as many headlines for his appearances in the debtor’s court as he did for his theatrical performances.

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58 minutes

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Role Contributor
Presenter Harriet Walter
Narrator Angela Griffin
Series Producer Lucy Swingler
Executive Producer Colette Flight
Production Manager Demi McGarrell
Producer Rajveer Sihota
Director Mary Cranitch
Production Company Wall to Wall Media

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